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It took less than a minute for Caleb Frasher to stop Joe Fisher in Columbus, Ohio, over the weekend,. But that’s not why these two amateur fighter’s are making headlines. As seen in the video above, Fisher’s mother jumped into the cage to aid her son while he lay flat on the canvas. Police then...

Two UFC welterweight newcomers have been added to the upcoming May card in Cincinnati, Ohio. Albert Tumenov (12-2) will meet Anthony Lapsley (22-6) at UFC Fight Night 40, UFC officials confirmed on Tuesday. Tumenov made his UFC debut on the back of an eight-fight winning streak in Russia. He is coming off a decision loss...

Cryptic is Nick Diaz. But once you get to know him, the secret messages and vague insults become clear as day. With Jon Jones trying to avoid, at all costs, a rematch with Alexander Gustafsson, Nick took to his personal instagram to pass on a message. Check it:

“Hell no, that shit don’t take a toll on me, it makes me better. That’s experience, that’s being under the bright lights and that’s learning to find who you are as a true warrior; learning to find that true warrior spirit within. And, it takes time, it takes many years, it takes many fights, it...

ABC Entertainment News | ABC Business News Jake Stoneking, 19, is dedicated to crossing items off his list while he battles brain cancer. The teenage fight fan has put attending a UFC event at number 2 on his list of things to do and through twitter, UFC head Honcho, Lorenzo Fertitta, agreed to help. Check...

By Evan Stoumbelis Reports are circling this morning linking undefeated boxing great, Floyd Mayweather Jr., to a beating delivered to some contractors after jewelry from his house went missing. TMZ broke the story saying: Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ Sports … the two men had been hired to work on Floyd’s Vegas homes …...

From the spotlight back to reality. Just days after fighting in front of a packed crowd at London’s O2 Arena at UFC Fight Night, 37, flyweight Neil Seery was pushing a broom. In a photo posted on his Twitter account, dated Mar. 11, Seery is shown sweeping up the floor in a warehouse with the...

The HBB, Tito Ortiz, is recovering from his very public breakup with his ‘Baby Momma’ Jenna Jameson. The newly signed and now injured Bellator light-heavyweight is back on the mend, both physically and in his personal life as evidenced by this photo with Miller. Want to see more of Tito’s new flame? Click here, or...

Had the two met last December as planned, the need to settle unfinished business would have probably escaped them. None of that happened though and now what we have is a growing feud between UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis and top lightweight contender, Josh Thomson. The two fighters took to twitter recently and it kind...

Last December Georges St. Pierre stepped away from the sport of MMA and relinquished his crown as king of the UFC welterweight division. A choice that he has yet to regret so it seems. He took some time with Yahoo Sports to discuss his reasoning for walking away from the sport and how he feels...

No surprise that everyone wants a piece of “The Count”. With Michael Bisping’s legendary attitude and big mouth it should be no shocker that he is at the top of the list for the man that everyone wants a piece of. There could be many different reasons for this of course. My personal favorite is...

Bellator’s Eddie Alvarez is preparing for his third matchup against possibly his most notable rival in Michael Chandler. However, during a promotional shooting for their upcoming fight Alvarez spoke about another fighter who could be placed up there on the list of Alvarez’s adversaries, Gilbert Milendez. Dave Doyle of MMAfighting.com got the scoop when he...

“The way I see, he (Brazil’s Athletic Commission Leader, Marcio Tannure) wants to play the good guy role. He’s just being political because he was never against TRT. But I don’t judge him. Everybody likes Dr. Tannure, he is a great person. He made a mistake with me and I was upset because he hasn’t...

Dr. John Pierce (pictured), an anti-aging doctor who has been linked to middleweight title contender Vitor Belfort, has apparently had multiple fighters inform him that they would rather go to the black market for performance-enhancing drugs, than get a therapeutic-use exemption (TUE) for testosterone. And now that the TUE program has been shut down? Dr. Pierce tells MMAJunkie – in a rather candid...

“Yeah, he’s fine, but I don’t know, like, it’s like they wanted to stop it, looking for a good punch. But, it wasn’t like where it needed to be stopped. Because he still looked dangerous. Hey, you know, it’s a trip though, because they didn’t stop the fights in the UFC. Or they stop fights...

By Evan Stoumbelis UFC Fight Night 39: Nogueira (Minotauro) vs. Nelson has been finalized, and will go live at 11:30a.m. ET from Abu Dhabi exclusively on…you guessed it, UFC Fight Pass. The card has been finalized with 9 bouts, and will be headlined by the return of Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, who will be making his...

Former UFC Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz is finally training again! Bellator lightweight Michael Chandler made the announcement this week, stating that his Alliance MMA teammate was “doing good” while trying to do some light workouts in the midst of rehabbing his injured groin. “He’s back in the gym this week. He’s not full sparring, but...

Fighter pay. It’s a funny thing, fighter pay. No one really has a true grasp on it outside of the disclosed salaries reported by certain governing bodies required to do so by law. But even that disclosed pay is often skewed as it doesn’t take into account, bonuses, pay-per-view points or sponsorship dollars. Fighter’s...

“I came out publicly about the performance enhancing drugs. I didn’t do that to shoot the UFC or attack an individual. I believe if you attack an individual, twenty other will come. I didn’t want to attack the UFC, I’ve always been the guy that want to defend the sport, but it’s a new sport...

The people behind the upcoming UFC video game, EA Sports, have just released the latest shot from the UFC video game. In the previous month we have seen the in-game characters of Joe Lauzon, Chuck Liddell, the Korean Zombie, Forrest Griffin, Jon Jones, GSP, Alexander Gustafsson, Rashad Evans, Frank Mir, Scott Jorgensen, Cub Swanson, Ronda Rousey and Chael Sonnen. Is the the UFC...

The welterweights aren’t the only guys looking to make noise at this weekend’s UFC 171 event. A lightweight bout putting perennial contender Diego Sanchez up against an undefeated prospect in Myles Jury is also sure to deliver fireworks on Saturday. In a recent interview with MMAjunkie.com, Sanchez explained his thoughts on his opponent’s string of...

Maybe Jon Jones has a point. Jones recently took to Twitter and decided to play the role of Joe Silva, stating his belief that Alexander Gustafsson should not be given a rematch for his title after blasting Jimi Manuwa. Instead, “Bones” wants to see Gustafsson go up against fellow contender Daniel Cormier. His reason: it...

UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta shows the world what life is really like at the UFC offices ‘Behind the Scenes’. Check it out: What really happens behind the scenes at the #ufc #ufclondon @danawhite pic.twitter.com/WLQBPHPKyI — Lorenzo Fertitta (@lorenzofertitta) March 8, 2014

UFC women’s bantamweight champion “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey has gotten a lot of flak in her career as a mixed martial artist being viewed as somewhat of a “one trick pony” by many. Albeit she is pretty damn good at that one trick the young fighter has made it a point to shut up the critics...

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